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A review of Philadelphia’s spending shows the city is following its budget blueprint and making ends meet with help from federal pandemic funds.

Philadelphia City Council voted last week to pass a paid COVID-19 sick leave requirement for companies with more than 25 employees.

CITY HALL- Paid COVID Sick Leave Passes Council, Will Last Until 2023 Philadelphia City Council voted last week to pass a paid COVID-19 sick leave requirement for...

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced that the indoor mask mandate ended.

Christopher Swift — chairman and CEO of The Hartford, one of the largest property-and-casualty insurers in the country — is a major Hartford booster. When former GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowksi wrote a scathing op-ed about the city of Hartford in the Wall Street Journal last year, Swift responded with a strong defense of the city his company has called home for more than two centuries.

Stanley Black & Decker CEO and President James Loree is one of the state’s top corporate executives who in recent years has become a leading voice in trying to improve Connecticut’s business environment. Since taking over the New Britain hand- and power-tools maker’s top job in 2016, Loree has inserted himself directly into state government’s affairs. In 2017, he joined the CEO-led Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth, which proposed major reforms aimed at jump-starting...

For Republicans — and many moderate Democrats — income and wealth migration is not only a very real threat, but a problem that’s already upon us as Connecticut increasingly raises taxes to cover surging pension costs.

The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition exclusively carries the full text of the latest memos from Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital

Fiscal responsibility laws (FRLs) are becoming common frameworks for holding public officials accountable. The principles have become the basis for probity in governance and public administration.